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It just looks hard, but it isn't (at least until you start filling out habitats. Where are all those animals in the books when you need them?! Sorry :P /rant)

Since it's an open challenge without a set date range, most people just pick the current date to start and go from there. If you want to back date you can.

Collect Them All Challenge
Duration: 1/1/2015 - 'Til Done!
Rules
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Progress: 87 out of 117
Name The Zoo: Suzie's Zoo:
S: Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas - **** - 1/2/2015 - 374 Pages
U: Untamed by Elizabeth Lowell - **** - 5/6/2015 - 416 Pages
Z: Rebecca Zanetti; Forgotten Sins - **** - 3/29/2015 - 384 Pages
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Breaks - ***** - 4/1/2015 - 348 Pages
E: Susan Ee; World After - * - 1/6/2015 - 438 Pages
S: Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - ***** - 1/8/2015 - 326 Pages
Z: Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke - ***** - 7/14/2015 - 192 Pages
O: Octavia E. Butler; Kindred - *** - 1/20/2015 - 288 Pages
O: Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout - **** - 4/5/2015 - 382 Pages









Create a Region: All Regions:
A: Jennifer L. Armentrout; Bitter Sweet Love - ***** - 1/12/2015 - 105 Pages
L: Lisa Kleypas; A Wallflower Christmas - *** - 1/4/2015 - 213 Pages
L: Laurell K. Hamilton; Hit List - **** - 1/19/2015 - 320 Pages
R: A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg - **** - 1/9/2015 - 193 Pages
E: Emily M. Danforth; The Miseducation of Cameron Post - ***** - 12/17/2015 - 470 Pages
G: Glow by Darynda Jones - **** - 1/7/2015 - 10 Pages
I: Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke - **** - 7/8/2015 - 663 Pages - 663 Pages
O: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman - **** - 1/23/2015 - 181 Pages
N: No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole - **** - 1/5/2015 - 356 Pages
S: J. Courtney Sullivan; Maine - *** - 1/15/2015 - 388 Pages










Instruction: (view spoiler)
House Pets Region
Add Cages:
Book 1: Simply Unforgettable by Mary Balogh - **** - 1/24/2015 - 422 Pages
Book 2: Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor - *** - 4/13/2015 - 517 Pages
Book 3: Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor - *** - 4/30/2015 - 613 Pages
Book 4: Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 4/22/2015 - 336 Pages
Book 5: Hunted by P.C. Cast - *** - 5/4/2015 - 323 Pages
Book 6: Tempted by P.C. Cast - *** - 5/5/2015 - 319 Pages
Book 7: -below-
- #4: Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole - ***** - 7/26/2015 - 359 Pages
- #1: Desire Untamed by Pamela Palmer - *** - 7/27/2015 - 363 Pages
- #1: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - *** - 8/6/2015 - 416 Pages
- #1: Untraceable by Laura Griffin - **** - 8/9/2015 - 374 Pages
Book 8: -below-
- #3: Wicked Charms by Janet Evanovich - **** - 10/6/2015 - 308 Pages
- #5: Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole - **** - 10/21/2015 - 368 Pages
Book 9: -below-
- #1: My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland - ***** - 11/2/2015 - 320 Pages
- #1: My Bluegrass Baby by Molly Harper - ***** - 11/8/2015 - 250 Pages
Book 10: -below-
- #2: Rhythm and Bluegrass by Molly Harper - ***** - 12/31/2015 - 200 Pages
- #8: Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 2/17/2016 - 342 Pages
















Add Animals:
•Cat: Nefertiti by Michelle Moran - *** - 2/26/2015 - 463 Pages
•Dog: House Rules by Jodi Picoult - **** - 9/1/2015 - 532 Pages
•Bird: Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir by Nicole J. Georges - ***** - 12/8/2015 - 288 Pages
•Hamster
•Rabbit
•Fish
•Snake
•Ferret
•Mouse
•House Plant



Petting Zoo Region
Add Cages:
Book 1: Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn - ***** - 1/25/2015 - 259 Pages
Book 2: Prodigy by Marie Lu - **** - 5/11/2015 - 371 Pages
Book 3: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson - ***** - 6/17/2015 - 563 Pages
Book 4: Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 384 Pages
Book 5: -below-
- #4: D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton - 7/28/2015 - **** - 320 Pages
- #1: A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas - **** - 8/13/2015 - 337 Pages
Book 6: -below-
- #3: Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh - *** - 8/25/2015
- #1: Beauty and the Black Sheep by Jessica Bird - ***** - 8/29/2015 - 299 Pages
- #2: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness - ***** - 9/7/2015 - 584 Pages









Add Animals:
•Horse
•Cow
•Pig
•Sheep
•Goat
•Llama
Africa Region
Add Cages:
Book 1: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell - ***** - 1/26/2015 - 408 Pages
Book 2: The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson - ***** - 5/26/2015 - 503 Pages
Book 3: Of Neptune by Anna Banks - *** - 7/9/2015 - 330 Pages
Book 4: Odd Interlude: A Special Odd Thomas Adventure by Dean Koontz - ***** - 7/23/2015 - 279 Pages
Book 5: High Five by Janet Evanovich - ***** - 9/15/2015 - 336 Pages
Book 6: Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole - **** - 10/30/2015 - 368 Pages
Book 7: -below-
- #3: Champion by Marie Lu - *** - 12/14/2015 - 369 Pages
- #1: Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren - **** - 12/15/2015 - 320 Pages
- #3: Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay - ***** - 12/18/2015 - 307 Pages









Add Animals:
•Lion
•Tiger
•Bear
•Giraffe
•Elephant
•Monkey
•Zebra["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>

Add Cages:
Book 1: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - ***** - 2/1/2015 - 835 Pages
Book 2: Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins - **** - 7/20/2015 - 359 Pages
Book 3: - below-
- #1: Master of the Night by Angela Knight - *** - 8/18/2015 - 296 Pages
- #2: Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare - ***** - 12/10/2015 - 384 Pages
Book 4: -below-
- #2: A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare - *** - 1/5/2016 - 384 Pages
- #1: Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 1/11/2016 - 235 Pages
- #1: The Dark Side Of Night by Cindy Dees - ***** - 1/16/2016 - 216 Pages
Book 5: -below-
- #2: Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill - *** - 1/17/2016 - 357 Pages
- #1: Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 1/21/2016 - 305 Pages
- #1: The Unidentified Redhead by Alice Clayton - ***** - 1/27/2016 - 276 Pages
- #1: Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken - **** - 5/5/2016
Book 6: -below-
- #1: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke - **** - 4/19/2016
- #1: Water Bound by Christine Feehan - *** - 6/16/2016
- #2: Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts - ***** - 6/17/2016
- #1: Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare - **** - 6/20/2016 - 335 Pages - 335 Pages
- #1: Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - **** - 6/30/2016
















Add Animals:
•Koala
•Kangaroo
•Platypus
•Sugar Glider
•Dingo
•Emu
Under The Sea Region
Add Cages:
Book 1: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith - ***** - 3/1/2015 - 235 Pages
Book 2: Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay - ***** - 8/20/2015 - 292 Pages
Book 3: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness - **** - 12/1/2015 - 561 Pages
Book 4: -below-
- #2: Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore - *** - 2/4/2016 - 335 Pages
- #2: Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger - *** - 2/5/2016 - 310 Pages
Book 5: This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - *** - 6/29/2016 - 432 Pages
Book 6:
- #3: Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts - ***** - 7/5/2016
- #1: Cut & Run by Abigail Roux - *** - 7/7/2016
- #2: The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion - **** - 7/11/2016
Book 7:
- #1: Sweet Filthy Boy by Christina Lauren - ***** - 7/19/2016
- #2: Heart of Evil by Heather Graham - *** - 7/25/2016
- #1: The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky - ***** - 7/29/2016












Add Animals:
•Fish
•Shark
•Dolphin
•Whale
•Sea Otter
•Turtle
•Frog
Creepy Crawly Region
Add Cages:
Book 1: Wallbanger by Alice Clayton - **** - 3/10/2015 - 384 Pages
Book 2:
- #1: The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton - ***** - 10/28/2015 - 290 Pages
- #1: Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn - ***** - 11/1/2015 - 374 Pages
Book 3: Snow Falling on Bluegrass by Molly Harper - ***** - 1/25/2016 - 168 Pages
Book 4: Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater - *** - 7/8/2016
Book 5: E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton - *** - 10/7/2016 - 320 Pages
Book 6:
- #1: Soulless by Gail Carriger - ***** - 11/6/2016 - 365 Pages
- #1: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - **** - 11/11/2016 - 173 Pages
- #1: A Night of No Return by Sarah Morgan - *** - 11/15/2016 - 192 Pages
- #1: The Rook by Daniel O'Malley - ***** - 12/7/2016 - 496 Pages
- #2: Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - **** - 12/9/2016 - 293 Pages
Book 7:
- #1: Black Dog by Rachel Neumeier - ***** - 12/25/2016 - 448 Pages
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Book 8:












Add Animals:
•Spider
•Ant
•Mosquito
•Cockroach
•Fly
•Beetle
•Moth
•Butterfly
Paranormal Region
Add Cages:
Book 1: The Next Always by Nora Roberts - **** - 3/26/2015 - 352 Pages
Book 2: Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout - *** - 11/8/2015 - 285 Pa
Book 3: Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter - ***** - 3/8/2016
Book 4: Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts - **** - 9/20/2016 - 333 Pages
Book 5:
Book 6:
Book 7:
Book 8:
Book 9:
Book 10:
Book 11:
Book 12:
Book 13:




Add Animals:
•Zombie: Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion - **** - 4/19/2015 - 239 Pages
•Vampire
•Werewolf: How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper - ***** - 11/15/2015 - 371 Pages
•Were-creature: Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 4/6/2016
•Alien
•Fairy
•Wizard
•Demon: Kindling the Moon by Jenn Bennett - ***** - 12/11/2016 - 358 Pages
•Monster
•Angel
•Devil
•Dragon
•Merperson





START: Nov. 21, 2015
END: ???
142/206 Books Read
NAME YOUR ZOO: NO DEARTH OF DROPPINGS
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ADD HABITATS/CAGES (ADDED 7):
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HABITAT 1: HOUSE PETS
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FIND YOUR ANIMALS/HABITAT 1: HOUSE PETS
•Cat Big Rock Lauren Blakely, 5-31-16 (4*) review Loc172, I turn to my cat, Fido, and ask him what he thinks.
•Dog Billie Anna Gavalda, 6-6-16 (4*), review pg. 128, Thanks for my...fuchsia-colored dog whom I love so much.
•Bird
•Hamster
•Rabbit Chasing Fire Nora Roberts 6-7-16 (5*) review p.372 ...she'd cursed the deer and rabbits for mowing them down, every single season.
•Fish
•Snake War Dances Sherman Alexie, 6-5-16 (4*), review Loc763, We found a snake, dead, in mid-molt.
•Ferret
•Mouse
•House Plant





START: Nov. 21, 2015
END: ???
HABITAT 2: PETTING ZOO
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FIND YOUR ANIMALS/HABITAT 2: PETTING ZOO
•Horse
•Cow
•Pig We Shouldn't Vi Keeland, 6-9-20, 4* Ch.13 2:33:10 "You're a pig."
•Sheep
•Goat
•Llama

HABITAT 3: AFRICA
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FIND YOUR ANIMALS/HABITAT 3: AFRICA
•Lion
•Tiger
•Bear After Sundown Linda Howard & Linda Jones, 6-11-20, 4-1/2* Ch.1 6:54 Bear encounters here in the East Tennessee mountains were a fact of life.
•Giraffe
•Elephant
•Monkey
•Zebra

HABITAT 4: AUSTRALIA
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FIND YOUR ANIMALS/HABITAT 4: AUSTRALIA
•Koala
•Kangaroo
•Platypus
•Sugar Glider
•Dingo
•Emu
HABITAT 5: UNDER THE SEA
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FIND YOUR ANIMALS/HABITAT 5: UNDER THE SEA
•Fish
•Shark Shipwreck Gordon Korman, #1 Island, 5-31-20, 4-1/2* "A shark could bite me in two this minute..."
•Dolphin
•Whale
•Sea Otter
•Turtle Rules for Moving Nancy Star, 6-16-20, p.118 "I'll ask her to tell Turtle."
•Frog



START: Nov. 21, 2015
END: ???
HABITAT 6: CREEPY CRAWLY
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FIND YOUR ANIMALS/HABITAT 6: CREEPY CRAWLY
•Spider Spider Ilsa Madden-Mills, #3 English, 5-7-20, 3* - MC's name so used throughout.
•Ant
•Mosquito
•Cockroach
•Fly
•Beetle
•Moth
•Butterfly The Butterfly Effect Jon Ronson, 3-3-18, 3*


HABITAT 7: PARANORMAL
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FIND YOUR ANIMALS/HABITAT 7: PARANORMAL
•Zombie
•Vampire
•Werewolf
•Were-creature
•Alien
•Fairy Into the Water Paula Hawkins, 5-30-20, 3-1/2* 1:27:28 ...the wicked stepmother, the bad fairy, the witch...
•Wizard
•Demon
•Monster
•Angel
•Devil Inappropriate Vi Keeland, 6-10-20, 4* Ch.13 12:49 She already suspects I might be a devil worshiper.
•Dragon
•Merperson



Thanks much, Tea!
NBRC, COLLECT THEM ALL! (ZOO) - POST 4
START: Nov. 21, 2015
END: ???
• Bench - Read a book with "bench", "park" or "sit" in the title or has a bench or park on the cover.
✓HABITAT 1: Park Avenue Player Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland, 2-24-20, 3*
✓HABITAT 2: First Lady Susan Elizabeth Phillips, 12-8-18, #3 Wynette, TX, 5*
✓HABITAT 3:
✓HABITAT 4:
✓HABITAT 5:
✓HABITAT 6:
✓HABITAT 7:


• Lamp - Read a book with "lamp" or "light" in the title or one that deals with the topic of darkness.
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• Popcorn Stand - Read a book with "Pop", "Corn", or "Stand" in the title or a book that has a bright yellow cover.
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• Kids Ride - Read a book with "kid", "children", or "child" in the title or one that focuses on childhood or children.
✓HABITAT 1: How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success Julie Lythcott-Haims, 2-28-20, 3*
✓HABITAT 2: Thursday's Children: A Frieda Klein Mystery Nicci French, #4 Frieda Klein, 6-12-16 (2*), review
✓HABITAT 3: Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance with Death 12-29-19, 3*
✓HABITAT 4:
✓HABITAT 5:
✓HABITAT 6:
✓HABITAT 7:



• Restaurant - Read a book with a food in the title or one where the main character owns or works at a restaurant.
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• Gift Shop - Read a book with "gift" or "present" in the title or one where the main character is wishing for something or receives a gift from someone else.
✓HABITAT 1: The MacGregor Grooms Nora Roberts, #9 MacGregors, 5-30-20, 4* p.176 Cat receives gifts from Duncan: jewelry, flowers, trinket box, etc.
✓HABITAT 2: The Winning Hand Nora Roberts, #8 The MacGregors, 5-26-20, 4* - MC has always wanted to be an author but was never taken seriously.
✓HABITAT 3: Pride and Passion: Search for Love / Irish Thoroughbred Nora Roberts, 5-31-20, 3* Irish Th.: H buys h several gifts including jewelry, a new wardrobe, and her own horse.
✓HABITAT 4:
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• Landscaping - Read a book with flowers on the cover or one where the main character is a gardener or cares for a garden.
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• Specialized Animal Caretaker - Read a book where a main character is a vet or one that has an animal on the cover.
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I'm running low on room and forgot to reserve spaces so I am just moving my post here :)
Collect Them All Challenge
Duration: December 2, 2014-??
Step 1: Name your zoo
C-The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Casey (12/2/14)
R-Revival (12/20/14)
E-The Eye of the World (12/15/14)
A-Moloka'i by Alan Brennert (1/20/15)
T-The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro (2/12/15)
U-UnEnchanted (1/27/15)
R-Glass Houses by Rachel Caine (12/30/14)
T-Sandry's Book by Tamora Pierce (2/20/15)
A-Allegiant (1/31/15)
S-The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (12/28/14)
T-Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett (3/8/15)
I-Interview with the Vampire (12/13/14)
C-The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (1/17/14)
Step 2: Create your regions.
Use Spell-It-Out, Word-It-Out or a combination to spell the name of the region.
H-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (3/10/15)
O-Obsidian (4/26/15)
U-Under a Painted Sky (7/11/15)
S-The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (3/12/15)
E-Existence (5/30/15)
P-Patrick Rothfuss: The Wise Man's Fear (3/30/15)
E-The Eyre Affair (5/31/15)
T-Touch of Death (4/12/15)
S-Susan Bischoff: Hush Money (3/25/15)
P-Patrick Rothfuss: The Slow Regard of Silent Things Completed March 31, 2015.
E-Ella Enchanted Completed June 9, 2015.
T-The Titan's Curse Completed May 18, 2015.
T-The Treachery of Beautiful Things Completed June 6, 2015.
I-Ian McEwan: Atonement Completed April 19, 2015.
N-The Next Thing on My List (6/22/15)
G-Guilty Pleasures (3/9/15)
Z-The Zookeeper's Wife (2/25/17)
O-Odd Thomas (5/17/15)
O-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (5/18/15)
A-All the Light We Cannot See (3/22/15)
F-Fallen (4/14/15)
R-J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (4/16/15)
I-If I Stay (4/22/15)
C-Circus of the Damned (4/4/15)
A-Adriana Trigiani: The Shoemaker's Wife (5/20/15)
A-Anya Seton: Katherine (5/27/15)
U-Uprooted (12/25/15)
S-Sara Shepard: Pretty Little Liars Completed March 31, 2015.
T-Tiger's Curse (6/22/15)
R-Rick Riordan: The Sea of Monsters Completed May 4, 2015.
A-Kate Atkinson: Life After Life Completed June 8, 2015.
L-Lover Mine (3/17/15)
I-The Ice Queen (5/24/15)
A-Amy Plum: Die for Me (6/1/15)
U-Unearthly (1/18/16)
N-Neil Gaiman: American Gods (6/28/15)
D-Deborah Harkness: The Book of Life (4/23/15)
E-Erin Morgenstern: The Night Circus (6/25/15)
R-J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (6/16/15)
T-Tessa Dare: Romancing the Duke (7/3/15)
H-Laurell K. Hamilton: The Laughing Corpse (4/5/15)
E-The English Patient (6/29/15)
S-Steelheart (4/6/15)
E-Ernest Cline: Ready Player One (7/20/15)
A-Kwame Alexander: The Crossover (6/3/15)
C-Christina Channelle: Dahlia (5/6/15)
R-Robert Galbraith: The Cuckoo's Calling (4/30/15)
E-Emma Straub: The Vacationers (7/25/15)
E-Elizabeth Boyle: Along Came a Duke (11/27/15)
P-Julie Anne Peters: Luna (6/19/15)
Y-Suzanne Young: The Program (5/22/15)
C-Catch-22 (5/13/15)
R-Rosamund Hodge: Cruel Beauty (4/30/15)
A-Angelina's Bachelors: A Novel with Food Completed June 7, 2015.
W-J.R. Ward: Lover Reborn (3/30/15)
L-Lover Unleashed (3/25/15)
Y-Sonja Yoreg: House Broken (6/21/15)
P-Pierce Brown: Red Rising (7/22/15)
A-Douglas Adams: Mostly Harmless (6/22/15)
R-Robert Louis Stevenson: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (5/7/15)
A-Aimee Carter: The Goddess Test (6/24/15)
N-Narcissus in Chains (7/3/15)
O-Obsidian Butterfly (6/19/15)
R-Rick Riordan: The Battle of the Labyrinth (6/17/15)
M-The Magician King (4/10/15)
A-Aimee Carter: Goddess Interrupted (8/9/15)
L-The Lunatic Cafe (4/5/15)
Collect Them All Challenge
Duration: December 2, 2014-??
Step 1: Name your zoo
C-The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Casey (12/2/14)
R-Revival (12/20/14)
E-The Eye of the World (12/15/14)
A-Moloka'i by Alan Brennert (1/20/15)
T-The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro (2/12/15)
U-UnEnchanted (1/27/15)
R-Glass Houses by Rachel Caine (12/30/14)
T-Sandry's Book by Tamora Pierce (2/20/15)
A-Allegiant (1/31/15)
S-The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (12/28/14)
T-Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett (3/8/15)
I-Interview with the Vampire (12/13/14)
C-The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (1/17/14)
Step 2: Create your regions.
Use Spell-It-Out, Word-It-Out or a combination to spell the name of the region.
H-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (3/10/15)
O-Obsidian (4/26/15)
U-Under a Painted Sky (7/11/15)
S-The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (3/12/15)
E-Existence (5/30/15)
P-Patrick Rothfuss: The Wise Man's Fear (3/30/15)
E-The Eyre Affair (5/31/15)
T-Touch of Death (4/12/15)
S-Susan Bischoff: Hush Money (3/25/15)
P-Patrick Rothfuss: The Slow Regard of Silent Things Completed March 31, 2015.
E-Ella Enchanted Completed June 9, 2015.
T-The Titan's Curse Completed May 18, 2015.
T-The Treachery of Beautiful Things Completed June 6, 2015.
I-Ian McEwan: Atonement Completed April 19, 2015.
N-The Next Thing on My List (6/22/15)
G-Guilty Pleasures (3/9/15)
Z-The Zookeeper's Wife (2/25/17)
O-Odd Thomas (5/17/15)
O-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (5/18/15)
A-All the Light We Cannot See (3/22/15)
F-Fallen (4/14/15)
R-J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (4/16/15)
I-If I Stay (4/22/15)
C-Circus of the Damned (4/4/15)
A-Adriana Trigiani: The Shoemaker's Wife (5/20/15)
A-Anya Seton: Katherine (5/27/15)
U-Uprooted (12/25/15)
S-Sara Shepard: Pretty Little Liars Completed March 31, 2015.
T-Tiger's Curse (6/22/15)
R-Rick Riordan: The Sea of Monsters Completed May 4, 2015.
A-Kate Atkinson: Life After Life Completed June 8, 2015.
L-Lover Mine (3/17/15)
I-The Ice Queen (5/24/15)
A-Amy Plum: Die for Me (6/1/15)
U-Unearthly (1/18/16)
N-Neil Gaiman: American Gods (6/28/15)
D-Deborah Harkness: The Book of Life (4/23/15)
E-Erin Morgenstern: The Night Circus (6/25/15)
R-J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (6/16/15)
T-Tessa Dare: Romancing the Duke (7/3/15)
H-Laurell K. Hamilton: The Laughing Corpse (4/5/15)
E-The English Patient (6/29/15)
S-Steelheart (4/6/15)
E-Ernest Cline: Ready Player One (7/20/15)
A-Kwame Alexander: The Crossover (6/3/15)
C-Christina Channelle: Dahlia (5/6/15)
R-Robert Galbraith: The Cuckoo's Calling (4/30/15)
E-Emma Straub: The Vacationers (7/25/15)
E-Elizabeth Boyle: Along Came a Duke (11/27/15)
P-Julie Anne Peters: Luna (6/19/15)
Y-Suzanne Young: The Program (5/22/15)
C-Catch-22 (5/13/15)
R-Rosamund Hodge: Cruel Beauty (4/30/15)
A-Angelina's Bachelors: A Novel with Food Completed June 7, 2015.
W-J.R. Ward: Lover Reborn (3/30/15)
L-Lover Unleashed (3/25/15)
Y-Sonja Yoreg: House Broken (6/21/15)
P-Pierce Brown: Red Rising (7/22/15)
A-Douglas Adams: Mostly Harmless (6/22/15)
R-Robert Louis Stevenson: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (5/7/15)
A-Aimee Carter: The Goddess Test (6/24/15)
N-Narcissus in Chains (7/3/15)
O-Obsidian Butterfly (6/19/15)
R-Rick Riordan: The Battle of the Labyrinth (6/17/15)
M-The Magician King (4/10/15)
A-Aimee Carter: Goddess Interrupted (8/9/15)
L-The Lunatic Cafe (4/5/15)
Step 3: Add Habitats to your regions. Read a series #'d book in order to add habitats. Each region starts with the first book. (Example: To add 5 habitats to the Africa region read the first book in a series, followed by the second book in the same or a different series, followed by the third, forth and fifth. Then to add 3 cages in the House Pets region, read a first, second and third book in order.)
Option: To decrease difficulty, you may read series numbers that add up to the cage number you wish to add. (Example: Read a series #3 and series #4 to add cage #7.)
Africa
Habitats:
#1: Bear
Leopard Moon Moon #1 (5/30/15)
Casting Spells (6/3/15): "I couldn't argue against that, but the place was so cold a polar bear would be begging for a sweater." page 232
#2: Lion
Speaker for the Dead Ender Quintet #2 (6/23/15)
Life After Life (6/29/15): "She is playing a CD she bought at Walgreens called Global Soundings and there's all kinds of things in there, thunder and waterfalls and birds and lions." page 234
#3: Elephant
The Vespertine The Vespertine #1 (6/30/15)
The Hedgewitch Queen Romances of Arquitaine #1 (6/30/15)
Cinder The Lunar Chronicles #1 (7/7/15)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (7/8/15): "They ran at Grawp like bull elephants, making the earth quake." page 733
#4: Tiger
Finale Hush, Hush #4 (8/11/15)
The Cider House Rules "The day he saw a tiger swim across a river..." page 440 (8/27/15)
#5: Monkey
The Last Olympian Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5 (8/22/15)
'Salem's Lot "...thought of Edward Albee's line about monkey nipples." page 183 (8/31/15)
#6: Giraffe
Killer Pretty Little Liars #6 (5/12/16)
The Beast "...she was either going to have to cut the thing into segments or give it to a giraffe." page 78 (5/18/16)
#7: Zebra
These Broken Stars Starbound #1 (5/5/16)
Legend Legend #1 (5/8/16)
The Alchemyst The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #1 (5/12/16)
Foundation and Empire Foundation #2 (5/15/16)
Ruby Red Precious Stone Trilogy #1 (5/18/16)
A Curious Beginning Veronica Speedwell #1 (5/22/16)
Small Town Witch "...in a herd of zebras, all of the animals look the same..." page 8 (5/24/16)
House Pets
#1: Cat
Succubus Blues Georgina Kincaid #1 (7/10/15)
The Darkest Part of the Forest (7/9/15): "The hag made a hissing sound like a cat and grabbed for the blade." page 51
#2: Dog
The Winner's Curse The Winner's Trilogy #1 (8/7/15)
The Case of the Missing Books Mobile Library Mystery #1 (8/8/15)
Incubus Dreams (8/2/15): "He shook himself like a dog coming out of water..." page 52
#3: Hamster
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder Hannah Swenson #1 (9/10/15)
Strawberry Shortcake Murder Hannah Swenson #2 (9/14/15)
I've Got Your Number "...I started a petition to save the hamsters..." page 7 (9/17/15)
#4: Bird
Fall of Giants The Century Trilogy #1 (11/18/15)
Foundation Foundation #1 (11/22/15)
Six of Crows Six of Crows #1 (11/26/15)
Along Came a Duke Rhymes With Love #1 (11/27/15)
Lemon Meringue Pie Murder "Some people claimed that the mosquito was the state bird." page 96 (12/8/15)
#5: Fish
Fudge Cupcake Murder Hannah Swenson #5 (12/14/15)
The Bear "I stare at the water and it ripples all over the skin of a fish..." page 49 (12/30/15)
#6: Bird
Sugar Cookie Murder Hannah Swenson #6 (12/16/15)
A Darker Shade of Magic "The song started, tickling his palm like a bird..." page 48 (1/11/16)
#7: Rabbit
Under the Never Sky Under the Never Sky #1 (5/30/16)
Bone Crossed Mercy Thompson #4 (6/3/16)
B is for Burglar Kinsey Millhone #2 (6/3/16)
Looking for Alaska "...like all the worst parts of a dying rabbit..." page 107 (6/3/16)
#8: Snake
Leviathan Wakes Expanse #1 (6/8/16)
Neuromancer Sprawl #1 (6/11/16)
The Way of Kings The Stormlight Archive #1 (6/17/16)
Witchling Otherworld/Sisters of the Moon #1 (6/18/16)
Real Murders Aurora Teagarden #1 (6/18/16)
Dracula Dracula of Stoker Family #1 (6/22/16)
Timebound The Chronos Files #1 (6/22/16)
Blue Bloods Blue Bloods #1 (6/27/16)
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War "...long undead snake stretching all the way back..." page 101 (7/7/16)
#9: Mouse
Equal Rites Discworld #3 (7/1/16)
The Lost Symbol Robert Langdon #3 (7/17/16)
Nightshade Nightshade #1 (7/17/16)
City of the Lost Casey Duncan #1 (7/20/16)
Snow Like Ashes Snow Like Ashes #1 (7/20/16)
The BFG "And there she crouched, still as a mouse..." page 15 (7/27/16)
#10: House Plant
Witch Child Witch Child #1 (7/20/16)
Clean Sweep Innkeeper Chronicles #1 (7/25/16)
Wanted Pretty Little Liars #8 (7/24/16)
You're Never Weird on the Internet "...I borrowed a large, fake house plant from the set..." page 153 (9/28/16)
#11: Ferret
Never Never: Part Two Never Never #2 (8/1/16)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two Harry Potter #8 (8/2/16)
The Book of Three The Chronicles of Prydain #1 (8/4/16)
Pure "Dust ferrets and twists across the flat..." page 268 (2/5/17)
Petting Zoo
#1: Goat
Menagerie Menagerie #1 (2/28/17)
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things "...your neighbor has too many goats." page 247 (3/2/17)
#2: Cow
Crooked Kingdom Six of Crows #2 (3/8/17)
Forbidden "She's just a bitter old cow who never grew up." page 65 (3/12/17)
#3: Pig
Spider's Bite Elemental Assassin #2 (3/10/17)
The Onesies, Fall Totlandia #1 (3/19/17)
The Knife of Never Letting Go Chaos Walking #1 (3/22/17)
The Amulet of Samarkand "...the snout of a pig issued through it." page 149 (3/22/17)
#4: Sheep
Inferno Dan Brown #4 (3/28/17)
All the Bright Places "...bleating like a lost sheep." page 78 (4/1/17)
#5: Horse
The White Queen The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels #2 (3/30/17)
Graceling Graceling Realm #1 (3/30/17)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West The Wicked Years #1 (4/3/17)
Assassin's Apprentice Farseer Trilogy #1 (4/11/17)
Witch Way to Murder "The hip surgery was two years ago and she's as strong as a horse." page 46 (4/12/17)
#6: Llama
Poison Study Study #1 (4/14/17)
The Ruins of Gorlan Ranger's Apprentice #1 (4/16/17)
Daughter of the Forest Sevenwaters #1 (4/18/17)
Skinwalker Jane Yellowrock #1 (4/21/17)
The Magicians' Guild Black Magician Trilogy #1 (4/25/17)
Feed Newsflesh Trilogy #1 (4/27/17)
Dark Places "We Got Llamas!" page 291 (6/2/17)
Africa
#1: Lion
Beautiful Creatures Caster Chronicles #1 (2/20/16)
How to Be a Woman "The Yobs are the lions" page 1 (2/27/16)
#2: Tiger
The Curse of the Pharaohs Amelia Peabody #2 (2/23/16)
The Colour of Magic "...snatched up a stone when faced with a marauding tiger" page 123 (2/29/16)
#3: Bear
Perfect Pretty Little Liars #3 (3/20/16)
The Queen of the Tearling "...nearly the size of a bear..." page 61 (3/24/16)
#4: Zebra
Onyx Lux #2 (3/27/16)
Fool Moon Dresden Files #2 (3/30/16)
Hex Hall "...covered in hot-pink zebra stripes." page 126 (4/3/16)
#5: Monkey
Wicked Pretty Little Liars #5 (4/26/16)
The Mists of Avalon "For Gareth had swung like a monkey from the saddle leather..." page 299 (4/24/16)
#6: Giraffe
Xenocide The Ender Quintet #4 (6/30/16)
Never Never Never Never #1 (7/4/16)
The Magic of Recluce The Saga of Recluce #1 (7/10/16)
White Oleander "...holding his stuff giraffe..." page 68 (7/7/16)
#7: Elephant
All Together Dead Sookie Stackhouse #7 (7/2/16)
Twenties Girl "...it could equally well be an elephant." page 407 (7/14/16)
Option: To decrease difficulty, you may read series numbers that add up to the cage number you wish to add. (Example: Read a series #3 and series #4 to add cage #7.)
Africa
Habitats:
#1: Bear
Leopard Moon Moon #1 (5/30/15)
Casting Spells (6/3/15): "I couldn't argue against that, but the place was so cold a polar bear would be begging for a sweater." page 232
#2: Lion
Speaker for the Dead Ender Quintet #2 (6/23/15)
Life After Life (6/29/15): "She is playing a CD she bought at Walgreens called Global Soundings and there's all kinds of things in there, thunder and waterfalls and birds and lions." page 234
#3: Elephant
The Vespertine The Vespertine #1 (6/30/15)
The Hedgewitch Queen Romances of Arquitaine #1 (6/30/15)
Cinder The Lunar Chronicles #1 (7/7/15)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (7/8/15): "They ran at Grawp like bull elephants, making the earth quake." page 733
#4: Tiger
Finale Hush, Hush #4 (8/11/15)
The Cider House Rules "The day he saw a tiger swim across a river..." page 440 (8/27/15)
#5: Monkey
The Last Olympian Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5 (8/22/15)
'Salem's Lot "...thought of Edward Albee's line about monkey nipples." page 183 (8/31/15)
#6: Giraffe
Killer Pretty Little Liars #6 (5/12/16)
The Beast "...she was either going to have to cut the thing into segments or give it to a giraffe." page 78 (5/18/16)
#7: Zebra
These Broken Stars Starbound #1 (5/5/16)
Legend Legend #1 (5/8/16)
The Alchemyst The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #1 (5/12/16)
Foundation and Empire Foundation #2 (5/15/16)
Ruby Red Precious Stone Trilogy #1 (5/18/16)
A Curious Beginning Veronica Speedwell #1 (5/22/16)
Small Town Witch "...in a herd of zebras, all of the animals look the same..." page 8 (5/24/16)
House Pets
#1: Cat
Succubus Blues Georgina Kincaid #1 (7/10/15)
The Darkest Part of the Forest (7/9/15): "The hag made a hissing sound like a cat and grabbed for the blade." page 51
#2: Dog
The Winner's Curse The Winner's Trilogy #1 (8/7/15)
The Case of the Missing Books Mobile Library Mystery #1 (8/8/15)
Incubus Dreams (8/2/15): "He shook himself like a dog coming out of water..." page 52
#3: Hamster
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder Hannah Swenson #1 (9/10/15)
Strawberry Shortcake Murder Hannah Swenson #2 (9/14/15)
I've Got Your Number "...I started a petition to save the hamsters..." page 7 (9/17/15)
#4: Bird
Fall of Giants The Century Trilogy #1 (11/18/15)
Foundation Foundation #1 (11/22/15)
Six of Crows Six of Crows #1 (11/26/15)
Along Came a Duke Rhymes With Love #1 (11/27/15)
Lemon Meringue Pie Murder "Some people claimed that the mosquito was the state bird." page 96 (12/8/15)
#5: Fish
Fudge Cupcake Murder Hannah Swenson #5 (12/14/15)
The Bear "I stare at the water and it ripples all over the skin of a fish..." page 49 (12/30/15)
#6: Bird
Sugar Cookie Murder Hannah Swenson #6 (12/16/15)
A Darker Shade of Magic "The song started, tickling his palm like a bird..." page 48 (1/11/16)
#7: Rabbit
Under the Never Sky Under the Never Sky #1 (5/30/16)
Bone Crossed Mercy Thompson #4 (6/3/16)
B is for Burglar Kinsey Millhone #2 (6/3/16)
Looking for Alaska "...like all the worst parts of a dying rabbit..." page 107 (6/3/16)
#8: Snake
Leviathan Wakes Expanse #1 (6/8/16)
Neuromancer Sprawl #1 (6/11/16)
The Way of Kings The Stormlight Archive #1 (6/17/16)
Witchling Otherworld/Sisters of the Moon #1 (6/18/16)
Real Murders Aurora Teagarden #1 (6/18/16)
Dracula Dracula of Stoker Family #1 (6/22/16)
Timebound The Chronos Files #1 (6/22/16)
Blue Bloods Blue Bloods #1 (6/27/16)
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War "...long undead snake stretching all the way back..." page 101 (7/7/16)
#9: Mouse
Equal Rites Discworld #3 (7/1/16)
The Lost Symbol Robert Langdon #3 (7/17/16)
Nightshade Nightshade #1 (7/17/16)
City of the Lost Casey Duncan #1 (7/20/16)
Snow Like Ashes Snow Like Ashes #1 (7/20/16)
The BFG "And there she crouched, still as a mouse..." page 15 (7/27/16)
#10: House Plant
Witch Child Witch Child #1 (7/20/16)
Clean Sweep Innkeeper Chronicles #1 (7/25/16)
Wanted Pretty Little Liars #8 (7/24/16)
You're Never Weird on the Internet "...I borrowed a large, fake house plant from the set..." page 153 (9/28/16)
#11: Ferret
Never Never: Part Two Never Never #2 (8/1/16)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two Harry Potter #8 (8/2/16)
The Book of Three The Chronicles of Prydain #1 (8/4/16)
Pure "Dust ferrets and twists across the flat..." page 268 (2/5/17)
Petting Zoo
#1: Goat
Menagerie Menagerie #1 (2/28/17)
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things "...your neighbor has too many goats." page 247 (3/2/17)
#2: Cow
Crooked Kingdom Six of Crows #2 (3/8/17)
Forbidden "She's just a bitter old cow who never grew up." page 65 (3/12/17)
#3: Pig
Spider's Bite Elemental Assassin #2 (3/10/17)
The Onesies, Fall Totlandia #1 (3/19/17)
The Knife of Never Letting Go Chaos Walking #1 (3/22/17)
The Amulet of Samarkand "...the snout of a pig issued through it." page 149 (3/22/17)
#4: Sheep
Inferno Dan Brown #4 (3/28/17)
All the Bright Places "...bleating like a lost sheep." page 78 (4/1/17)
#5: Horse
The White Queen The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels #2 (3/30/17)
Graceling Graceling Realm #1 (3/30/17)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West The Wicked Years #1 (4/3/17)
Assassin's Apprentice Farseer Trilogy #1 (4/11/17)
Witch Way to Murder "The hip surgery was two years ago and she's as strong as a horse." page 46 (4/12/17)
#6: Llama
Poison Study Study #1 (4/14/17)
The Ruins of Gorlan Ranger's Apprentice #1 (4/16/17)
Daughter of the Forest Sevenwaters #1 (4/18/17)
Skinwalker Jane Yellowrock #1 (4/21/17)
The Magicians' Guild Black Magician Trilogy #1 (4/25/17)
Feed Newsflesh Trilogy #1 (4/27/17)
Dark Places "We Got Llamas!" page 291 (6/2/17)
Africa
#1: Lion
Beautiful Creatures Caster Chronicles #1 (2/20/16)
How to Be a Woman "The Yobs are the lions" page 1 (2/27/16)
#2: Tiger
The Curse of the Pharaohs Amelia Peabody #2 (2/23/16)
The Colour of Magic "...snatched up a stone when faced with a marauding tiger" page 123 (2/29/16)
#3: Bear
Perfect Pretty Little Liars #3 (3/20/16)
The Queen of the Tearling "...nearly the size of a bear..." page 61 (3/24/16)
#4: Zebra
Onyx Lux #2 (3/27/16)
Fool Moon Dresden Files #2 (3/30/16)
Hex Hall "...covered in hot-pink zebra stripes." page 126 (4/3/16)
#5: Monkey
Wicked Pretty Little Liars #5 (4/26/16)
The Mists of Avalon "For Gareth had swung like a monkey from the saddle leather..." page 299 (4/24/16)
#6: Giraffe
Xenocide The Ender Quintet #4 (6/30/16)
Never Never Never Never #1 (7/4/16)
The Magic of Recluce The Saga of Recluce #1 (7/10/16)
White Oleander "...holding his stuff giraffe..." page 68 (7/7/16)
#7: Elephant
All Together Dead Sookie Stackhouse #7 (7/2/16)
Twenties Girl "...it could equally well be an elephant." page 407 (7/14/16)
Australia
#1: Emu
Beastly Beastly #1 (12/31/15)
Crocodile on the Sandbank "All at once Emerson threw his emu against me..." page 147 (2/17/16)
#2: Dingo
The Light Fantastic Discworld #2 (3/15/16)
Halfway to the Grave "...not one of that scoundrel's dingos!" page 210 (5/7/16)
#3: Kangaroo
Death by the Dozen Cupcake Bakery Mystery #3 (4/18/16)
Hounded "...talking about someone harmless, like Snuffleupagus or Captain Kangaroo." page 90 (5/31/16)
#4: Koala
A is for Alibi Kinsey Millhone #1 (4/23/16)
Iron Kissed Mercy Thompson #3 (4/24/16)
Calamity "I took a huge koala this morning." page 304 (2/24/17)
#5: Platypus
Death Without Company Walt Longmire #2 (5/28/16)
A Court of Mist and Fury A Court of Thorns and Roses #2 (5/29/16)
Magic Bites Kate Daniels #1 (5/29/16)
Food: A Love Story "How else would you explain the appearance of the duck-billed platypus or the manatee?" page 331 (12/29/17)
#6: FIND ANIMAL
Firefight Reckoners #2 (7/24/16)
Mort Discworld #4 (7/25/16)
•Sugar Glider
Creepy Crawly
#1: Ant
Books Can Be Deceiving Library Lover's Mystery #1 (1/12/16)
We Were Liars "...he will eat frogs and kidneys and chocolate covered ants." page 186 (2/1/16)
#2: Spider
Flawless Pretty Little Liars #2 (2/3/16)
The Glass Castle "They called me spider legs..." page 171 (2/11/16)
#3: Cockroach
Cress Lunar Chronicles #3 (3/31/16)
Wither "I try to smile like his voice isn't sending cockroaches up and down my spine." page 144 (4/1/16)
#4: Fly
Unbelievable Pretty Little Liars #4 (4/8/16)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society "They could not fly..." page 123 (4/15/16)
#5: Mosquito
The Warlord Wants Forever Immortals After Dark #1 (7/26/16)
Dragonsong Harper Hall #1 (7/28/16)
A Morbid Taste for Bones Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #1 (7/30/16)
Magic Burns Kate Daniels #2 (7/30/16)
The Old Man and the Sea "But you went turtle-ing for years off the Mosquito Coast..." page 7 (7/28/16)
#6: Moth
Messenger The Giver #3 (8/2/16)
Never Never: Part Three Never Never #3 (8/4/16)
Utopia "A third reminds him of some moth-eaten old law..." page 38 (8/6/16)
#7: Butterfly
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Blade Runner #1 (8/5/16)
Opal Lux #3 (8/9/16)
Every Heart a Doorway Every Heart a Doorway #1 (8/11/16)
The Darkest Minds The Darkest Minds #1 (8/13/16)
Things Fall Apart The African Trilogy #1 (8/13/16)
Speak "...morphing into a monarch butterfly." page 6 (8/13/16)
#8: Beetle
Origin Lux #4 (8/14/16)
Night The Night Trilogy #1 (8/15/16)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter Dexter #1 (8/15/16)
The Tombs of Atuan Earthsea Cycle #2 (8/19/16)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane "...soft wood with tiny beetles in it and woodlice." page 156 (8/19/16)
Paranormal
#1: Vampire
The Fellowship of the Ring The Lord of the Rings #1 (8/18/15)
Micah (8/16/15): "I raised the dead and was a legal vampire executioner." page 8
#2:Zombie
Sprinkle with Murder Cupcake Bakery Mystery #1 (9/6/15)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles Hercule Poirot #1 (9/19/15)
Cloud Atlas (10/6/15): "The zombies enjoyed thinking where it could be..." page 371
#3:Dragon
Blueberry Muffin Murder Hannah Swenson #3 (10/3/15)
A Thousand Splendid Suns (10/6/15): "...the dragon on the sugar bowl, meant to ward off evil." page 1
#4: Were-creature
Scarlet The Lunar Chronicles #2 (12/1/15)
Deeply, Desperately Lucy Valentine #2 (12/2/15)
Blood Bound "My nose is very good, especially when I'm a coyote..." page 8 (1/22/16)
#5: Monster
The Magician's Land The Magicians #3 (1/29/16)
Due or Die Library Lover's Mystery #2 (1/21/16)
Sabriel "Sound seemed to envelope the monster..." page 351 (1/14/16)
#6: Angel
The Winter Sea Slains #1 (8/22/16)
The Book of Atrus Myst #1 (8/25/16)
Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt #1 (8/29/16)
Witch World Estcarp Cycle #1 (8/29/16)
After You Me Before You #2 (9/6/16)
Bridge to Terabithia "Ellie smiled like a plastic angel..." page 81 (9/8/16)
#7: Alien
Opposition Lux #5 (8/29/16)
Better Read Than Dead Psychic Eye Mystery #2 (9/8/16)
Before I Go to Sleep "Unlike Ben, he does not seem entirely alien to me." page 19 (8/31/16)
#8: Fairy
What Is Hidden What is Hidden #1 (9/2/16)
Whiskey Sour Jack Daniels Mystery #1 (9/2/16)
Red Queen Red Queen #1 (9/3/16)
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye Psychic Eye Mystery #1 (9/7/16)
Witch Slapped Witchless in Seattle #1 (9/10/16)
Prince of Thorns The Broken Empire #1 (9/12/16)
Anna Dressed in Blood Anna #1 (9/14/16)
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase The Wolves Chronicles #1 (9/18/16)
Since You've Been Gone "...like something out of a fairy tale." page 458 (9/15/16)
#9: Demon
Ultimate Weapon McClouds and Friends #6 (9/14/16)
Winter of the World The Century Trilogy #2 (9/20/16)
1st to Die Women's Murder Club #1 (9/24/16)
White Heart "I now sought the demon behind every smile..." page 22 (10/1/16)
#10: Devil
The Last Kingdom The Saxon Stories #1 (9/24/16)
Kiss of Midnight Midnight Breed #1 (9/27/16)
Grave Sight Harper Connelly #1 (9/29/16)
The Sunday Philosophy Club Isabel Dalhousie #1 (10/5/16)
Red Velvet Revenge Cupcake Bakery Mystery #4 (10/6/16)
A Thousand Pieces of You Firebird #1 (10/7/16)
Sailing to Sarantium The Sarantine Mosaic #1 (10/8/16)
The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works "In ancient Japan, a giant devil was blamed." page 160 (10/13/16)
#11: Wizard
The Dream Thieves The Raven Cycle #2 (10/15/16)
Going, Going, Ganache Cupcake Bakery Mystery #5 (10/16/16)
Wizard's First Rule Sword of Truth #1 (10/23/16)
Changeling Otherworld / Sisters of the Moon #2 (10/23/16)
Quicksilver The Baroque Cycle #1 (10/28/16)
I Know This Much Is True "We saw the Wizard of Oz." page 85 (11/20/16)
#12: Merperson
Magic Strikes Kate Daniels #3 (11/2/16)
The Bronze Horseman The Bronze Horseman #1 (11/12/16)
Nearly Departed in Deadwood Deadwood #1 (11/14/16)
The Skystone A Dream of Eagles #1 (11/23/16)
The Pillars of the Earth The Pillars of the Earth #1 (12/12/16)
The Bad Beginning A Series of Unfortunate Events #1 (12/12/16)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter #1 (12/17/16)
A Gathering of Shadows Shades of Magic #2 (12/24/16)
The Eternal Mercenary Casca #1 (12/31/16)
The Anatomical Shape of a Heart "Even a mermaid figurehead dove out of a wall..." page 208 (2/7/17)
#13: Werewolf
Bitten Women of the Otherworld #1 (1/2/17)
Illuminae The Illuminae Files #1 (1/3/17)
Crown of Midnight Throne of Glass #2 (1/7/17)
Winter The Lunar Chronicles #4 (1/27/17)
Blueburied Muffins Black Cat Cafe #1 (1/28/17)
The Lost Hero The Heroes of Olympus #1 (1/28/18)
Marked House of Night #1 (1/29/17)
One Foot in the Grave Night Huntress #2 (2/3/17)
Howl's Moving Castle "...people there saw me change into a dog and thought I was a werewolf and tried to kill me." page 278 (2/11/17)
#1: Emu
Beastly Beastly #1 (12/31/15)
Crocodile on the Sandbank "All at once Emerson threw his emu against me..." page 147 (2/17/16)
#2: Dingo
The Light Fantastic Discworld #2 (3/15/16)
Halfway to the Grave "...not one of that scoundrel's dingos!" page 210 (5/7/16)
#3: Kangaroo
Death by the Dozen Cupcake Bakery Mystery #3 (4/18/16)
Hounded "...talking about someone harmless, like Snuffleupagus or Captain Kangaroo." page 90 (5/31/16)
#4: Koala
A is for Alibi Kinsey Millhone #1 (4/23/16)
Iron Kissed Mercy Thompson #3 (4/24/16)
Calamity "I took a huge koala this morning." page 304 (2/24/17)
#5: Platypus
Death Without Company Walt Longmire #2 (5/28/16)
A Court of Mist and Fury A Court of Thorns and Roses #2 (5/29/16)
Magic Bites Kate Daniels #1 (5/29/16)
Food: A Love Story "How else would you explain the appearance of the duck-billed platypus or the manatee?" page 331 (12/29/17)
#6: FIND ANIMAL
Firefight Reckoners #2 (7/24/16)
Mort Discworld #4 (7/25/16)
•Sugar Glider
Creepy Crawly
#1: Ant
Books Can Be Deceiving Library Lover's Mystery #1 (1/12/16)
We Were Liars "...he will eat frogs and kidneys and chocolate covered ants." page 186 (2/1/16)
#2: Spider
Flawless Pretty Little Liars #2 (2/3/16)
The Glass Castle "They called me spider legs..." page 171 (2/11/16)
#3: Cockroach
Cress Lunar Chronicles #3 (3/31/16)
Wither "I try to smile like his voice isn't sending cockroaches up and down my spine." page 144 (4/1/16)
#4: Fly
Unbelievable Pretty Little Liars #4 (4/8/16)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society "They could not fly..." page 123 (4/15/16)
#5: Mosquito
The Warlord Wants Forever Immortals After Dark #1 (7/26/16)
Dragonsong Harper Hall #1 (7/28/16)
A Morbid Taste for Bones Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #1 (7/30/16)
Magic Burns Kate Daniels #2 (7/30/16)
The Old Man and the Sea "But you went turtle-ing for years off the Mosquito Coast..." page 7 (7/28/16)
#6: Moth
Messenger The Giver #3 (8/2/16)
Never Never: Part Three Never Never #3 (8/4/16)
Utopia "A third reminds him of some moth-eaten old law..." page 38 (8/6/16)
#7: Butterfly
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Blade Runner #1 (8/5/16)
Opal Lux #3 (8/9/16)
Every Heart a Doorway Every Heart a Doorway #1 (8/11/16)
The Darkest Minds The Darkest Minds #1 (8/13/16)
Things Fall Apart The African Trilogy #1 (8/13/16)
Speak "...morphing into a monarch butterfly." page 6 (8/13/16)
#8: Beetle
Origin Lux #4 (8/14/16)
Night The Night Trilogy #1 (8/15/16)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter Dexter #1 (8/15/16)
The Tombs of Atuan Earthsea Cycle #2 (8/19/16)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane "...soft wood with tiny beetles in it and woodlice." page 156 (8/19/16)
Paranormal
#1: Vampire
The Fellowship of the Ring The Lord of the Rings #1 (8/18/15)
Micah (8/16/15): "I raised the dead and was a legal vampire executioner." page 8
#2:Zombie
Sprinkle with Murder Cupcake Bakery Mystery #1 (9/6/15)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles Hercule Poirot #1 (9/19/15)
Cloud Atlas (10/6/15): "The zombies enjoyed thinking where it could be..." page 371
#3:Dragon
Blueberry Muffin Murder Hannah Swenson #3 (10/3/15)
A Thousand Splendid Suns (10/6/15): "...the dragon on the sugar bowl, meant to ward off evil." page 1
#4: Were-creature
Scarlet The Lunar Chronicles #2 (12/1/15)
Deeply, Desperately Lucy Valentine #2 (12/2/15)
Blood Bound "My nose is very good, especially when I'm a coyote..." page 8 (1/22/16)
#5: Monster
The Magician's Land The Magicians #3 (1/29/16)
Due or Die Library Lover's Mystery #2 (1/21/16)
Sabriel "Sound seemed to envelope the monster..." page 351 (1/14/16)
#6: Angel
The Winter Sea Slains #1 (8/22/16)
The Book of Atrus Myst #1 (8/25/16)
Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt #1 (8/29/16)
Witch World Estcarp Cycle #1 (8/29/16)
After You Me Before You #2 (9/6/16)
Bridge to Terabithia "Ellie smiled like a plastic angel..." page 81 (9/8/16)
#7: Alien
Opposition Lux #5 (8/29/16)
Better Read Than Dead Psychic Eye Mystery #2 (9/8/16)
Before I Go to Sleep "Unlike Ben, he does not seem entirely alien to me." page 19 (8/31/16)
#8: Fairy
What Is Hidden What is Hidden #1 (9/2/16)
Whiskey Sour Jack Daniels Mystery #1 (9/2/16)
Red Queen Red Queen #1 (9/3/16)
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye Psychic Eye Mystery #1 (9/7/16)
Witch Slapped Witchless in Seattle #1 (9/10/16)
Prince of Thorns The Broken Empire #1 (9/12/16)
Anna Dressed in Blood Anna #1 (9/14/16)
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase The Wolves Chronicles #1 (9/18/16)
Since You've Been Gone "...like something out of a fairy tale." page 458 (9/15/16)
#9: Demon
Ultimate Weapon McClouds and Friends #6 (9/14/16)
Winter of the World The Century Trilogy #2 (9/20/16)
1st to Die Women's Murder Club #1 (9/24/16)
White Heart "I now sought the demon behind every smile..." page 22 (10/1/16)
#10: Devil
The Last Kingdom The Saxon Stories #1 (9/24/16)
Kiss of Midnight Midnight Breed #1 (9/27/16)
Grave Sight Harper Connelly #1 (9/29/16)
The Sunday Philosophy Club Isabel Dalhousie #1 (10/5/16)
Red Velvet Revenge Cupcake Bakery Mystery #4 (10/6/16)
A Thousand Pieces of You Firebird #1 (10/7/16)
Sailing to Sarantium The Sarantine Mosaic #1 (10/8/16)
The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works "In ancient Japan, a giant devil was blamed." page 160 (10/13/16)
#11: Wizard
The Dream Thieves The Raven Cycle #2 (10/15/16)
Going, Going, Ganache Cupcake Bakery Mystery #5 (10/16/16)
Wizard's First Rule Sword of Truth #1 (10/23/16)
Changeling Otherworld / Sisters of the Moon #2 (10/23/16)
Quicksilver The Baroque Cycle #1 (10/28/16)
I Know This Much Is True "We saw the Wizard of Oz." page 85 (11/20/16)
#12: Merperson
Magic Strikes Kate Daniels #3 (11/2/16)
The Bronze Horseman The Bronze Horseman #1 (11/12/16)
Nearly Departed in Deadwood Deadwood #1 (11/14/16)
The Skystone A Dream of Eagles #1 (11/23/16)
The Pillars of the Earth The Pillars of the Earth #1 (12/12/16)
The Bad Beginning A Series of Unfortunate Events #1 (12/12/16)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter #1 (12/17/16)
A Gathering of Shadows Shades of Magic #2 (12/24/16)
The Eternal Mercenary Casca #1 (12/31/16)
The Anatomical Shape of a Heart "Even a mermaid figurehead dove out of a wall..." page 208 (2/7/17)
#13: Werewolf
Bitten Women of the Otherworld #1 (1/2/17)
Illuminae The Illuminae Files #1 (1/3/17)
Crown of Midnight Throne of Glass #2 (1/7/17)
Winter The Lunar Chronicles #4 (1/27/17)
Blueburied Muffins Black Cat Cafe #1 (1/28/17)
The Lost Hero The Heroes of Olympus #1 (1/28/18)
Marked House of Night #1 (1/29/17)
One Foot in the Grave Night Huntress #2 (2/3/17)
Howl's Moving Castle "...people there saw me change into a dog and thought I was a werewolf and tried to kill me." page 278 (2/11/17)

Zoo Name: Megs' Wild World
M- Moon Called - 6/6
E- Elizabeth C. Bunce-A Curse Dark as Gold - 6/26
G- Gail Carriger - Manners & Mutiny - 6/15
S- The Secret Diamond Sisters - 6/7
W- West of the Moon - 7/2
I- Ink Exchange - 6/23
L- Lynn Viehl - Disenchanted & Co., Part 1: Her Ladyship's Curse - 7/21
D- Dragon Heart - 6/12
W- J.D. Winters-A Ghost for Christmas - 7/1
O- Oryx and Crake - 7-30
R- Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time - 6/23
L- Jessica Lidh - The Number 7 - 7/20
D- Dahlia Moss in The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss - 6/30
Africa
A- Ann Brashares - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - 8/1
F- Food: A Love Story - 9/17
R- Raziel Reid - When Everything Feels Like the Movies - 8/3
I- InterWorld - 8/30
C- Changeless - 8/13
A- Alias Hook - 8/24
Cage 1: A Demon Bound
Lion - Shadowbloom loc. 1625
Cage 2: The Arctic Incident
Elephant - Body Wave
Cage 3: The Eternity Code
Bear - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Cage 4: Bone Crossed
Monkey - Silver Borne
Cage 5: The Lost Colony
Giraffe - Gimme a Call
Cage 6: River Marked
Paranormal
P- Patricia Briggs - Blood Bound - 9/16
A- Catherine Aird - The Religious Body - 9/6
R- Rainbow Rowell - Fangirl - 10/11
A- Artemis Fowl - 9/11
N- The Prince of Venice Beach
O- The Opal Deception - 10/31
R- Richard Adams - Watership Down - 10/24
M- Sarah J. Maas - Heir of Fire - 8/29
A- Annie Bellet - Justice Calling - 10/13
L- Jeff Lindsay - Darkly Dreaming Dexter - 8/30
Cage #1 - Dead Until Dark
Alien Eight Keys
Cage #2 - A Royal Pain
Demon Darkhouse
Cage #3 - Royal Flush
Vampire An Abundance of Katherines
Cage #4 - Royal Blood
Petting Zoo
P- Perfected - 9/04
E- Each Step is the Journey - 9/6
T- Twenties Girl
T- Anne R. Tan - Raining Men and Corpses
I- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - 9/11
N- Nora Roberts - Lessons Learned
G- Green Grass, Running Water - 8/16
Z-
O- James A Owen - Here, There Be Dragons - 8/18
O- Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game
House Pets
H- Her Royal Spyness - 11/26
O-
U- Undermajordomo Minor
S- Angela Scott - Wanted: Dead or Undead - 11/6
E- Ernest Cline - Ready Player One - 9/27
P- Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - 11/13
E- David Eddings - The Diamond Throne
T- Timothy Ferriss - The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
S- Megan Shepherd - The Cage
Australia
A- Alannah Foley - Killer Climate
U- The Undomestic Goddess
S- Sara Shepard - The Lying Game
T- Laini Taylor - Daughter of Smoke & Bone
R- Ransom Riggs - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children - 10/30
A- Alienated
L- Pittacus Lore - I Am Number Four
I- Iron Kissed - 11/7
A- Adam Rex - Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story
Cage 1: The Emperor's Edge
Creepy Crawly
C-Gail Carriger - Blameless - 12/1
R- Richard Wagamese - Indian Horse
E- Emily St. John Mandel - Station Eleven
E- Erin Dionne - Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies
P- James Patterson - Cradle and All
Y-
C- Mary Connealy - Doctor in Petticoats
R-
A- Anne of Green Gables
W- Ayelet Waldman - Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace
L- Lizzie Friend-Poor Little Dead Girls
Y-

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Collect Them All Challenge
03/29/15 - ???
Animals Collected:
Doctor Doolittle's Farm
D: Dawg's Clan by Tom Chambers 03/30/15
O: On This Day in Tudor History by Claire Ridgway 04/01/15
C: Chandrea - The Return of the Avatar Queen by Marlene Wynn 04/03/15
T: Titus by Madison Stevens 04/04/15
O: Out of Gas by Randy Dyess 04/07/15
R: Red, Lynn - Between a Bear and a Hard Place (Alpha Werebear Shifter Romance) 04/09/15
D: Danley, Kate - Queen Mab: A Tale Entwined with William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet 04/03/15
O: Outbreak The Zombie Apocalypse by Craig Jones 04/09/15
O: The Oil Rig - A Heller Thriller by Frank Roderus 04/24/15
L: Lallo, Joseph R. - The Book of Deacon 03/30/15
I: Irish Magic by Caitlin Ricci 04/10/15
T: Two Bears are Better Than One (Alpha Werebear Romance) by Lynn Red 04/06/15
T: 3013: Renegade by Susan Hayes 04/14/15
L: Lioudis, Valerie - Aftershock: A Collection of Survivors Tales 03/30/15
E: Edwards, Blayne - Caine 04/18/15
S: Survivalist by Circumstance - Novel One by Cheryl L. Cholley 04/06/15
F: Fortier, Ryan - Paranoia 04/12/15
A: Always Come Home by Maureen Driscoll 03/31/15
R: Ryan, Blake - Pestilence - A Grim Prairie Tale 04/25/15
M: Melinda Leigh - She Can Hide 04/04/15
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Region: Space
S: Shades: Eight Tales of Terror by D. Nathan Hilliard 04/26/15
P: Perfect Pitch by Mindy Klasky 05/05/15
A: Against the Spread: Anna Dawson #2 by Mara Jacobs 04/29/15
C: Cheryl L. Cholley - Survivalist by Circumstance: Novel 2 04/29/15
E: Eight The Hard Way by Nick Stephenson 05/01/15
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